Emergency Exercise: Rescue Drill in German Train Tunnel Exposes Critical Response Failures
16 Articles
16 Articles
How could a rescue exercise in the ICE tunnel go so wrong? Thuringia's Interior Minister Georg Maier blames the small-scale structure of the rescue control centers for this. A reform should be complicated.
During a large-scale operation in Thuringia, the rescue of passengers from a burning ICE was practiced, with considerable delays.
During an exercise in a railway tunnel in Thuringia, emergency personnel train the emergency. Some weaknesses are revealed - such as the use of fax machines.
A large-scale safety exercise became a debacle: in a tunnel in Thuringia hundreds of emergency personnel trained an ICE fire – and the rescuers only came after more than two hours. In the event of an emergency, dozens of people would have lost their lives in the flame hell. On Saturday, the accident was to be rehearsed in the Sandberg Tunnel near Traßdorf: a burning ICE, 100 passengers, including severely injured, and the fight against time in a…
A burning ICE in the tunnel, 100 passengers, 250 troops. But the rescue was much too late. Why the big exercise in Thuringia became a debacle.
In one exercise, 250 operatives trained to rescue 100 passengers from a burning train in the tunnel. In an emergency, dozens of people would have died.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Left, 43% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
